There are all kinds of connections in the Seattle-Sacramento game tonight.

Storm assistant coach Heidi VanDerveer was the Monarchs head coach in 1997 and 1998. Monarchs head coach Jenny Boucek was an assistant under Anne Donovan at Seattle for three seasons and played college ball with Storm forward Wendy Palmer at Virginia.

Palmer will be starting tonight for Lauren Jackson, who did not make the trip to Sacramento because of an illness.

Boucek talked to Jayda Evans about former WNBA players moving into the coaching ranks in the league. "We're just now entering that part of the evolution," said Boucek "Players are starting to retire and not get cut. When you get cut you're not at peace with your career and you're not ready to coach. We're just now getting into that wave and I think you're going to see a wave of ex-players coming in to coach who are going to be excellent. They'll have experience playing under great coaches and will have played professional basketball."